febrúar, 2020
Upplýsingar um Viðburð
Málþing um listir, arkitektúr, menntun og miðlun á heimskautasvæðum verður haldið í Veröld – húsi Vigdísar, 2. hæð, föstudaginn 7. febrúar kl. 15:00-16:00. Þátttakendur á málþinginu verða: Isabelle Laurier, Alain Fournier, Bryndís Snæbjörnsdóttir, Mark Wilson og Christopher Manfredi.
Að erindum loknum verður boðið til mótttöku kl. 16:00-18:00 þar sem gefst tækifæri til að skoða sýninguna The Inuit Qaujimajatuqangit: Art, Architecture and Traditional Knowledge. sem stendur yfir í Veröld – húsi Vigdísar.
Málþingið og sýningin eru haldin í samstarfi við Sendiráð Kanada á Íslandi. Málþingið fer fram á ensku.
Dagskrá málþings:
- Isabelle Laurier and Alain Fournier. Inuit Qaujimajatuqangit and the CHARS: designing a culturally appropriate building with the Inuit communities
- Bryndís Snæbjörnsdóttir and Mark Wilson. Visitations: Polar bears out of place
- Christopher Manfredi. Reconciliation Through Physical Representation and Symbolic Recognition: The McGill Experience
Isabelle Laurier. As an Architecture graduate (U.Montréal 1992), classical pianist and professional painter, for more than twenty-five years, Ms. Laurier has been involved in various cultural endeavours with a wide range of responsibilities.
For EVOQ Architecture, she has been involved in the planning and management of projects with Aboriginal communities in Quebec and Canada. Her mandate has been to oversee art integration of projects in architecture. She recently managed an Inuit Nunangat wide art competition, a first in Canadian Inuit art history.
As curator of the prestigious Inuit art exhibition called “Inuit Qaujimajatuqangit, Art, Architecture and Traditional Knowledge”, Isabelle is in charge of introducing this travelling exhibition to the rest of the world. This exciting exhibition of Canadian Inuit artworks has already been presented in six different venues, from art gallery to museums and cultural centres.
Isabelle has participated in the writing of more than thirty conferences, round tables, interviews and international conferences.
She has been working on the establishment of new structures that allow EVOQ to stand out in its approach to Aboriginal communities through the integration of the arts in architecture.
Her support for the Nordern team consolidates the narrative associated with the Inuit artistic community in Canada and the design of Inuit Nunangat territory constructions.
Alain Fournier Architect (B. Arch U McGill 1975) is a founding member of EVOQ Architecture. He has worked for over thirty five years (35) in the Canadian Arctic’s Inuit Nunangat territory as well as with various First Nation communities. During this time, in collaboration with the Inuit and First Nations, he has designed more than four hundred (400) buildings of all types and sizes.
Mr. Fournier’s mission is to actively contribute to the promotion and development of indigenous cultures through their built environment. As a result of this long term commitment and thanks to the trust he has established, Alain Fournier has become well-respected by the Inuit and First Nations. He is committed to assist them in giving shape to their vision. He is also seen as both a partner and an active player in the dialog between Nations.
Mr. Fournier regularly gives conferences and participates in symposiums and summits, in Quebec, Canada and abroad on the subject of project management, design and construction of architectural projects with the Inuit and First Nations. He also teaches and lectures on the topic in schools of architecture.
Following a national architectural competition, Mr. Fournier’s team was awarded the mandate for the design and construction of the Canadian High Arctic Research Station (CHARS) in Ikaluktutiak (Cambridge Bay), Nunavut.
Snæbjörnsdóttir/Wilson. Bryndís Snæbjörnsdóttir and Mark Wilson are a collaborative art partnership. Their interdisciplinary art practice is research-based and socially-engaged, exploring issues of history, culture and environment in relation to both humans and non-human species. Working very often in close consultation with experts and amateurs in the field, their work tests cultural constructs and tropes, and human behaviour in respect of ecologies, extinction, conservation and the environment. Underpinning much of their practice are issues of psychological and physical displacement and realignment in respect of land and environment and the effect of these positions on cultural perspectives.
Their artworks have been exhibited throughout the UK and internationally. They are frequent speakers at international conferences on issues related to their practice. Their works have been widely discussed in texts across many disciplinary fields and regularly cited as contributive to knowledge in the expanded field of research-based art practice. They conduct their collaborative practice from bases in Iceland and the north of England. For more information on Snæbjörnsdóttir/Wilson’s practice please go to: www.snaebjornsdottirwilson.com
Bryndís Snæbjörnsdóttir (PhD) is Professor of Fine Art at the Icelandic University of the Arts, Reykjavík
Mark Wilson (PhD) is Professor in Fine Art at the Institute of the Arts, University of Cumbria, UK
Christopher Manfredi has served as Provost and Vice-Principal (Academic) at McGill University since July 1, 2015, and was reappointed for a second five-year term in October 2019. As the University’s chief academic officer and chief budget officer, he supports the university’s mission by providing academic leadership and sound administrative management.
Prior to becoming Provost and Vice-Principal (Academic), Professor Manfredi was the Dean of McGill’s Faculty of Arts, a position he held for two terms between 2006 and 2015. He joined McGill’s Department of Political Science in 1988, and served as Chair of the Department from 2000 to 2006, with one year for a sabbatical.
Professor Manfredi earned his PhD from the Claremont Graduate University in 1987. He also holds an MA from Claremont, and an MA and BA from the University of Calgary. His research interests include judicial politics, constitutional design, constitutional theory, law and politics, and legal mobilization. He has published extensively in academic and professional journals, has authored or edited seven books, and is a highly regarded political and legal commentator.
Professor Manfredi has made Indigenous success a cornerstone of his mandate as Provost. In 2016, he launched the Provost’s Task Force on Indigenous Studies and Indigenous Education. The Task Force identified 52 Calls to Action in the areas of student recruitment and retention, physical representation and symbolic recognition, academic programs and curriculum, research and faculty recruitment, and human resources.
